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华佗治病

華佗治病

Hua Tuo the Physician

Level 4 · Folktales · 民间故事 · 61 vocabulary words

Source: 《三国志·华佗传》 · Records of the Three Kingdoms, Hua Tuo

华huá佗tuó是shì东dōng汉hàn的de神shén医yī,给gěi人rén看病kàn bìng不bú重zhòng钱财qián cái。

Hua Tuo of Eastern Han healed without regard for money.

两liǎng个人gè rén病bìng状zhuàng一样yí yàng,华huá佗tuó给gěi的de药yào不bù一样yí yàng。人们rén men问wèn他tā,他tā说shuō:他们tā men得dé的de病bìng不bù一样yí yàng,病bìng在zài里面lǐ miàn的de吃chī汤tāng药yào,病bìng在zài外面wài miàn的de敷fū药yào膏gāo。

Two patients with the same symptoms got different medicines: one's illness was inside, needing broth; the other's outside, needing a plaster.

他tā发明fā míng了le麻má沸fèi散sàn,病人bìng rén喝hē了le不bù疼téng了le,就jiù能néng开刀kāi dāo治病zhì bìng。

He invented mafeisan, the anaesthetic, so the pain-free could be operated on.

他tā还hái教jiāo人rén学xué五wǔ种zhǒng动物dòng wù锻炼duàn liàn身体shēn tǐ,叫jiào五wǔ禽qín戏xì。华huá佗tuó的de医术yī shù,到dào现在xiàn zài人们rén men还hái记jì着zhe。

He taught Five Animal Exercises to keep bodies strong. His art is remembered to this day.

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